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t e e h S m Du e h S 2 A m S M BA 0 Nm m A 0 .T WE N I K 4 d 0 M W P tented May 31 I. VENTOR M WITNESSES Q M 3/113, 7 ATTORNEY (No Model.) I 2 Sheets- Sheet 2.

W. H. DANIELS.

KINETOGRAPHIG CAMERA.

Patented May 31 WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES Pars- T 01mins.

WILLIAM H. DANIELS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LEO PRANGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

KENETGGRAPHiG CAM ERA.

S?ECIFIGATION forming part of. Letters Patent No. 604,?33, dated May 31, 1898. Application filed January 11, 189']. Serial No. 618,700 (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. DANIELS, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Articles for Takin g and EX- hibiting Pictures of Objects in Motion, of which the following is-a specification.

I will describe an article embodying my improvement and then point out the novel features in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front View of an article embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a section of the same parallel to the front. Fig. 3 is another section of the same parallel to the front, it be ing made on a larger scale. Fig. 41s atransverse section taken through the center of the article. Figs. 5 andfi are detail views of'a shutter. I

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all figures.

A designates a case, which may advantageously-be made of sheet metal. While it may be of any desired form, yet it can most economically be made cylindric. Parallel with the fror'lt and back a partition a is arranged to divide the case into two compartments a a In the front compartment a any suitable arrangement of clockwork B is located. This may best be actuated by a spring and the spring can be wound by a handle B, arranged outside of the case and connected permanently with a winding-arbor. Any suitable detent maybe employedas, for example, a sliding piece 13 engaging with a tooth of one of the wheels or adapted to extend into the path of a regulating-fan. In the compartment a a ratchet-wheel C is arranged, it being as here shown mounted upon a stud c, which is unconnected with the clockw0rk,but is supported in the partition a. A crank D, here shown as consisting of a wrist-pin extending from a disk is driven by the clockwork, the said disk being mounted upon one of the shafts of the clockwork. The crank enters a slot (2, formed longitudinally in one part D of a shutter DD This part of the shutter is made in the form of a lever journaled upon a hub (2*, which is concentric with. the-"shaftc. The crank D in rotating oscillates-the lever consisting of the part the ratchet-wheel.

ratchet-wheel from turning backw'ardas,

for instance, a friction-finger e, fastened to the partition a and bearing upon one side of D is the other part of the shutter, it being made in the form of an elbow or bell-crank lever and fulcrumed to the same hub upon which the part D of the It will be seen that the main arms of the part-s1) D? of the shutter are segmental and that the part D is adapted to overlap the other part 19?. Whenthe clockwork is released, the crank D will oscillate the part D of the shutter, and after that is moved a slight distance by itself it will take up the part I) of the shutter and move that in unison with it. When the oscillation of the part D of the shutter is reversed, it will move a short distance before imparting movement to the other part of the shutter. Thus when the two parts of the shutter are moving in one directione there will first be provided a space be tween them, and then they will be moved past the opening which they are to control, and on the reverse oscillation the opening between the parts of the shutter is closed before the two parts move past the opening which is to be controlled.

The ratchet-wheel carries a disk G, upon which pictures are to be taken or exhibited for representing objects in motion.

A lens-tube H extends through an opening a in the front of the case from an opening in the partition a. The back of the case is provided with an opening a opposite the lenstube. It will not be necessary, however, for the lens-tube to extend to the partition a.

If the article is to be used for taking pictures, a sensitized film must be arranged upon or used for the disk G. if, however, the article is to be used simply as an exhibitor of pictures, the disk may be made of any transparent material having pictures suitably mounted upon it.

The opening in the rearof the case should of course be closed where the article is to be used asa camera, and this may be done by any suitable deviceas, for instance, a swing ing piece or slide a, such as is used for covering a keyhole.

It will be seen that whether the article is used as a camera or as an exhibitor of pictures the motion of the disk G will be intermittent. I

For exhibiting pictures it will only be necessary to uncover the back opening a and hold the article up to any light, look through the lens-tube, and start the parts in motion.

What I claim as my invention, and desire "to secure by Lctters Patent, is

1. The combination with a case provided with openings which are in line with each other, a movable picture carrying surface within the case arranged intermediate and in line with the openings, and automatic means for imparting an intermittent movement to the surface, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a case provided in its opposite sides with openings which are in line with each other, a lens fitted in one of said openings, a movable picture-carrying su rface within the case arranged in line with the openings, and means for imparting an automatic intermittent movement to the surface, substantially as described 3. The combination with a case provided in its opposite sides with openings which-are in line with each other, oscillating shutters operatin g intermittently,a picture-carrying disk within the case in line with the openings there- I of, and automatic means for imparting an inn termittent, rotary-motion to the disk alter nately with the shutters, substantially as specified.

4. The combination with a case provided in its opposite sides with openings which are in line with each other, a lens-tube fitted in one of said openings,an automatic,intermittentlymoving surface within the case arranged in line with the openings, an oscillating shutter intermediate the lens-tube and movable surface, and means for intermittently actuating the shutter alternately with the intermittent motion of the surface, substantially as specifled,

5. The combination with a case having an opening, of a movable surface within the case in line with the opening, an oscillating shutter intermediate the opening and movable surface, said shutter comprising two parts having a relative movement to each other, and means for simultaneously moving the two parts of the shutter in opposite d irections,substantially as described.

6. The combination with a case having an opening, of a movable surface within the case in line with the opening, an oscillating shutter intermediate the opening and movable surface adapted to open when moved in one direction, and to remain closed when in the opposite direction, and automatic mechanism for operating the shutter and for movin the movable surface,substantially as described. 7. The combination with a case, of an oscillating shutter, a cranlt for operating said oscillating shutter, an intermittentlyoperated wheel deriving motion from said crank, and a disk carried by said wheel, substantially as specified.

8. The combination with a case, of a shutter composed. of two parts D, ID having arms d, (P, and one of said arms having lugs if, d, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed m y name to this specification in the presence oi two subscribing witnesses WlLLlAlvi ll. DANIELS.

iVitnesscs:

ANTHONY Guns, Conrnnnnr Woonnunn. 

